Topic 6 - Ethnicity And Crime

Question 1

Lea and Young

Answer 1

Black people discriminated in society:
Utilitarian crimes due to material deprivation
Non utilitarian crimes due to frustration towards society

Question 2

Gilroy

Answer 2

Black minority groups do not commit more crime than others, only due to frustration due to stereotypes and racism

Question 3

Hall et al

Answer 3

1970s moral panic about black people and mugging led to negative label of black people making it harder for them to get jobs so commit crimes

Question 4

Education

Answer 4

Black Caribbean pupils tend to do worse in education so may find it harder to get a job that’s well paid

Question 5

Family

Answer 5

Functionalists argue growing rate of lone-parents in black community has led to inadequate socialisation of these children

Question 6

Media

Answer 6

Reinforce stereotype that black people tend to be more criminal, lead to self fulfilling prophecy